Narail District Administration has issued a notification to ban the use of mobiles by students of all secondary and higher secondary institutions, over the incident of forcing a teacher to wear a garland of shoes.
Students and parents have also been instructed to report to all educational institutions after the Eid-ul-Azha holiday to discuss the matter, said a notice issued by District Education Officer SM Sayedur Rahman.
"Education administrators and district administrators will inspect educational institutions to monitor the implementation of the guidelines. If any mobile is found in possession of a student during the inspection, they will take disciplinary action against all concerned,” the notice said.
The District Administration further explained that despite the fact students are prohibited from bringing phones to class, the rules are not being followed properly.
“Students have been sharing controversial posts on their social accounts, creating an embarrassing situation for authorities. A student of Mirzapur United Degree College and an eighth-grader of Mirzapur Secondary School have created an extremely undesirable situation with their online posts. As a result, the two institutions had to be temporarily closed,” it added.
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Instructions:
1) School and college students, and students up to tenth-grade in madrasas, will not be able to bring mobile phones to the institutions.
2) Teachers have to be diligent in ensuring students do not bring mobiles and their bags should be checked if necessary.
3) If a phone is found on a student, it should be confiscated and disciplinary action should be taken.
4) A meeting with ninth- and tenth-graders and college students would be organized after Eid-ul-Azha.
Police have arrested three persons on charges of forcing Mirzapur United Degree College’s acting principal Swapan Kumar Biswas to wear a garland of shoes.
The three are Shaon, 28, Syed Remon Ali 22, and Monirul Islam Rubel, 27.
Meanwhile, Akter Hossain Tinku, president of local Awami League and teacher at Mirzapur United Degree College has been sacked over the incident.
Narail Sadar Upazila Awami League President Achin Kumar Chakraborty and General Secretary Omar Farooq signed the show cause notice issued on Thursday.
Akhter Hossain Tinku was a teacher at the political science department of Mirzapur United Degree College and president of Bichali Union Awami League in Narail Sadar.
A Hindu student of Mirzapur United Degree College on June 18 made a post on Facebook supporting suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma. India's ruling BJP suspended its spokeswoman Sharma in response to comments she had made during a TV debate about the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
There was daylong unrest at the college over the post.
There was a rumour that Swapan had sided with the student, following which police escorted him outside the college campus. At the time a group of men forced him to wear a garland of shoes. Swapan apologized to them and later police took him away in their vehicle.
A video of the incident soon went viral on social media.